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  <section id="module-keyword">
<span id="keyword-testing-for-python-keywords"></span><h1><a class="reference internal" href="#module-keyword" title="keyword: Test whether a string is a keyword in Python."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">keyword</span></code></a> — Testing for Python keywords<a class="headerlink" href="#module-keyword" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p><strong>Source code:</strong> <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/3.9/Lib/keyword.py">Lib/keyword.py</a></p>
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<p>This module allows a Python program to determine if a string is a
<a class="reference internal" href="../reference/lexical_analysis.html#keywords"><span class="std std-ref">keyword</span></a>.</p>
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<code class="sig-prename descclassname">keyword.</code><code class="sig-name descname">iskeyword</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">s</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#keyword.iskeyword" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> if <em>s</em> is a Python <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/lexical_analysis.html#keywords"><span class="std std-ref">keyword</span></a>.</p>
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<code class="sig-prename descclassname">keyword.</code><code class="sig-name descname">kwlist</code><a class="headerlink" href="#keyword.kwlist" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Sequence containing all the <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/lexical_analysis.html#keywords"><span class="std std-ref">keywords</span></a> defined for the
interpreter.  If any keywords are defined to only be active when particular
<a class="reference internal" href="__future__.html#module-__future__" title="__future__: Future statement definitions"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__future__</span></code></a> statements are in effect, these will be included as well.</p>
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<code class="sig-prename descclassname">keyword.</code><code class="sig-name descname">issoftkeyword</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">s</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#keyword.issoftkeyword" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> if <em>s</em> is a Python soft <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/lexical_analysis.html#keywords"><span class="std std-ref">keyword</span></a>.</p>
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<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.9.</span></p>
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<dd><p>Sequence containing all the soft <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/lexical_analysis.html#keywords"><span class="std std-ref">keywords</span></a> defined for the
interpreter.  If any soft keywords are defined to only be active when particular
<a class="reference internal" href="__future__.html#module-__future__" title="__future__: Future statement definitions"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">__future__</span></code></a> statements are in effect, these will be included as well.</p>
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